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Name: Adriana AnuşcaE-mail:adrianaa33@yahoo.comAffiliation: “1 Decembrie 1918” University, Alba IuliaTitle: Women Characters in Ernest Hemingway's Work Abstract:Ernest Hemingway wrote short stories that reflected his societal view of women. Womenand love followed Hemingway throughout his writing career as well as his private life.Women - beginning with his mother and continuing with the other women in his life – inspired him to create dominant female figures, even though he mostly portrayed them innegative ways. It is well known that Hemingway had a passion for women but he couldn'tkeep this passion for long. Actually, his own childhood background was at the origin of his view of women and other people. Name: Anamaria Clara AsztalosE-mail: anneclarissamarie@gmail.comAffiliation: “1 Decembrie 1918” University, Alba IuliaTitle: Gender Communication in the WorkplaceAbstract: Never before in history have men and women worked so closely together. People oftenclaim that gender differences are not a major factor in stress and lost productivity at

their

company. Yet, men and women differ in both non-verbal communication and ways of reacting to stress, they have different primary needs and tend to lead in different manners.The aim of this paper, therefore, is to investigate basic ways in which men and womendiffer at work and their respective communication styles. Thereby, it also seeks to give ananswer to the often-posed question:

Can we end the workplace war between the sexes

? Name: Cristina BădescuE-mail: xtina_badescu@yahoo.comAffiliation: “1 Decembrie 1918” University, Alba IuliaTitle: The Amish PeopleAbstract:In my presentation, I would like to talk about a strange group of people, the Amish. Theylive near Pennsylvania and their way of living is extremely different from ours. I findvery interesting their life-style, clothing, customs and also their appearance. My paper will highlight some of the differences between us and them; I would also like to point outthat even if they may seem to be strange, they enjoy living in their community.

Name: Elena BâldeaE-mail:ninive21@hotmail.comAffiliation: “1 Decembrie 1918” University, Alba IuliaTitle: Crossing History`s Borders: Medieval Romance in Television and FilmAdaptations at the Beginning of the 21

CenturyAbstract:This paper proposes to explore the fantastic ways in which the 21

century television andfilm adaptations engage with European Medieval Romance. I will outline somecharacteristics of the medieval romance, then highlight the main features of the Hero-Knight. In the second half of my paper I will discuss the manner in which contemporaryfilms draw on, or otherwise engage with, the medieval romance structure. Name: Armanda BirtalanE-mail:armanda_ramona@yahoo.com Affiliation: Lucian Blaga University, SibiuTitle: The Crisis of Representation in the (Hyper)Landscape of Postmodernist FictionAbstract:Starting out from Baudelaire’s concept of the ‘hyper-real’, the present paper introducesthe terms ‘hyper-fiction’ or ‘hyper-art’ connecting them to the major features of postmodernism (such as metafiction, or self-refexivity). Furthermore, our analysis willfocus on Julian Barnes and his fiction as a case study meant to shed light on the abovementioned theoretical concepts. In order to properly assess Barnes’ theoretical legacy, wewill also resort to other relevant examples of postmodernist fiction, focusing among other prominent names on writers such as John Fowles or Samuel Becket. Name: Miruna Ciocoi-PopE-mail:miruna_ciocoipop@yahoo.com Affiliation: Lucian Blaga University, SibiuTitle: The Literary and Social Impact of John Galsworthy’s Major PlaysAbstract:John Galsworthy’s plays had a major impact on his society: he touched upon delicatesocial issues, campaigned for prison reform (a success, because prison laws andadministration were changed, based on his works), stood up against censorship and, mostimportantly, he acutely criticized the upper-middle class society of his time (which he, asan aristocrat, was part of!). In my paper I will try to reiterate the importance of JohnGalsworthy- the playwright; to touch upon the complexity of his plays and their socialimpact; to underline Galsworthy’s significance as a philanthropist. Moreover, I will try toillustrate how much of an impact his plays have upon our society nowadays and if todayhis plays are still as appreciated as back in the 19th century.

Name: Andreea Camelia CioraE-mail:engel19hd@yahoo.comAffiliation: “1 Decembrie 1918” University, Alba IuliaTitle: Terminology Issues in the Process of Translation Abstract:This paper deals with the difficulties encountered by a translator when faced withtranslating a business, accounting, or financial document. Besides the grammar rules,collocation rules and other rules one has to follow in any case, a translator has to dealwith another problem: terminology. How can one be sure that a certain economic termfrom the source language has the same equivalence in the target language? How can one be sure one has to deal with terms and not words? It is very important to correctlytranslate these terms, but in order to do this, one has to be familiar with these terms, bothin the source language and in the target language. Name: Teodora CindreaE-mail:teo_honey@yahoo.com Affiliation: Lucian Blaga University, SibiuTitle: The Best British Contemporary Novelist and His Most Successful Work: IanMcEwan and His “Atonement”Abstract:Ian McEwan is one of the most important contemporary British writers. His works have brought about a personal touch, which transpires in his writing style, techniques andmotifs. The originality specific to each of his novels and short stories has earned him notonly worldwide critical acclaim and prestigious awards, but also a significant number of readers. Some of his best pieces of writing have been screened, offering the public a better visual image of McEwan’s writings. He not only wrote novels and short stories, butalso screenplays, children’s fiction, an oratorio, a play and a libretto. The present paper focuses on “Atonement”, possibly the best known and the most important of IanMcEwan’s novels. It appeared at the dawn of the 20

century (2001) and it is set beforeand during the Second World War, with a conclusion that brings the action almost tocontemporary times, more precisely to the year 1999. The main character is Briony, atfirst a 13-year old girl with a rich imagination a penchant for writing, who turns into ayoung nurse who abandons her studies and her family to work in a hospital during thewar. In the end, she is an old and accomplished writer, who has written a novel about thegreatest mistake she has ever done, in order to try to achieve atonement. The plot and thewhole construction of the book are highly surprising. “Atonement” is not only McEwan’smost successful novel, but also the most successful film made after one of his writings.